police New Pentagon IG report finds that police don't need all those hand-me-downs of military hardware Thom Dunn

militarized policing Handy advice for dodging and disarming the sonic weapons used by militarized police Thom Dunn

police In Portlandia, police confiscated chickpeas and White Claw Thom Dunn

police Hoaxer with a history of fake bomb threats SWATs and murders a random bystander over a $1.50 Call of Duty bet Cory Doctorow

crime Cops chase innocent shoplifting suspect into stranger's house, then storm it with 50-person SWAT team and blow up every room except one Cory Doctorow

authoritarianism "Less lethal" is a deceptive term to describe the weapons that routinely kill and maim peaceful protesters Cory Doctorow

eu After Madrid seized Catalonia's ballot boxes, they unveiled their secret backup stash of ballot boxes Cory Doctorow

surveillance West coast jurisdictions advance community oversight of police surveillance Shahid Buttar

surveillance 147-mph biker chase demonstrates latest aerial surveillance tech Andrea James

police CCTV-studded, teargas-shooting, water-cannon-ed riot-control killdozer Cory Doctorow

law Low Rider Culture and "No Cruise Zones" in California. Elías Villoro

carceral state The case for getting rid of America's corrupt, expensive, barbaric prisons Elías Villoro

police brutality U.S. policing budgets would rank as the world's third-highest military expenditure Rob Beschizza

police brutality ACAB: All Cops Are Batman Thom Dunn

police Police militarization is objectively bad for police and for society, according to science Thom Dunn

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

law In 1968, the Supreme Court gutted the Fourth Amendment, certain that it would all work out in the end. It didn't. Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Minneapolis police are abusing copyright law to censor their controversial 'shoot-first' recruiting video Cory Doctorow